An Approach to Business Vulnerability and Risk Assessments Related to Climate Change

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Menzie ◽  
Robin Cantor ◽  
Paul D. Boehm ◽  
J.R. Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Risk Assessments

Uncertainties in coupled species distribution-metapopulation dynamics models for risk assessments under climate change

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 541-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilona R. Naujokaitis-Lewis ◽  
Janelle M. R. Curtis ◽  
Lutz Tischendorf ◽  
Debbie Badzinski ◽  
Kathryn Lindsay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
Metapopulation Dynamics ◽  
Dynamics Models

scholarly journals Bridging Gaps: Connecting Climate Change Risk Assessments with Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Agendas

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-80
Author(s):  
Shona K. Paterson ◽  
Kristen Guida
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Ecosystem Functioning ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
Climate Change Risk ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Climate Adaptation Planning

AbstractChanging climates and increasing variability, in combination with maladaptive societal responses, present many threats and risks to both social and biophysical systems. The outcomes of such changes will progressively affect all aspects of ecosystem functioning including social, political, and economic landscapes. Coordination between the three frameworks that govern risk at national and subnational scales, climate change risk assessments, climate adaptation planning and disaster risk reduction (DRR), is often lacking or limited. This has resulted in a siloed and fragmented approach to climate action. By examining risk as a dynamic social construction that is reimagined and reinvented by society over time, this chapter explores how a greater degree of cohesion between these three frameworks might be achieved.

scholarly journals Warming Winters Reduce Chill Accumulation for Peach Production in the Southeastern United States

Climate ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren E. Parker ◽  
John T. Abatzoglou
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Anthropogenic Climate Change ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
Climate Projections ◽  
Winter Chill ◽  
Cultivar Selection ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
Selection For

Insufficient winter chill accumulation can detrimentally impact agriculture. Understanding the changing risk of insufficient chill accumulation can guide orchard management and cultivar selection for long-lived perennial crops including peaches. This study quantifies the influence of modeled anthropogenic climate change on observed chill accumulation since 1981 and projected chill accumulation through the mid-21st century, with a focus on principal peach-growing regions in the southeastern United States, and commonly grown peach cultivars with low, moderate, and high chill accumulation requirements. Anthropogenic climate change has reduced winter chill accumulation, increased the probability of winters with low chill accumulation, and increased the likelihood of winters with insufficient chill for commonly grown peach cultivars in the southeastern United States. Climate projections show a continuation of reduced chill accumulation and increased probability of winters with insufficient chill accumulation for cultivars with high chill requirements, with approximately 40% of years by mid-century having insufficient chill in Georgia. The results highlight the importance of inter-annual variability in agro-climate risk assessments and suggest that adaptive measures may be necessary in order to maintain current peach production practices in the region in the coming decades.

scholarly journals Adapting cultural heritage to climate change impacts in the Netherlands: barriers, interdependencies, and strategies for overcoming them

2020 ◽  
Vol 162 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Fatorić ◽  
Robbert Biesbroek
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
Adaptation Policy ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Climate Risks ◽  
Climate Vulnerability ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Climate change is currently impacting cultural heritage globally. Despite advances in the understanding of the relationship between climate change impacts and cultural heritage, there are significant barriers that hamper adaptation of cultural heritage to current and projected climate risks. This paper aims to advance the empirical understanding of barriers to adapting cultural heritage to climate-related impacts in the Netherlands by identifying different barriers, their interdependencies, and possible strategies to overcome these barriers. Using a web-based questionnaire with 57 experts, we find that the most frequently reported barriers are a lack of climate change adaptation policy for cultural heritage, and lack of climate vulnerability and risk assessments for diverse cultural heritage types. Our study finds that barriers are perceived to be interdependent and conjointly constrain adapting cultural heritage to climate change. Six actionable strategies are identified to navigate these barriers.

scholarly journals ESD Ideas: a simple proposal to improve the contribution of IPCC WGI to the assessment and communication of climate change risks

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1155-1158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowan T. Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
Climate Risk ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Group I ◽  
Climate Change Risks ◽  
Ipcc Working Group

Abstract. The purpose of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is to provide policy-relevant assessments of the scientific evidence about climate change. Policymaking necessarily involves risk assessments, so it is important that IPCC reports are designed accordingly. This paper proposes a specific idea, illustrated with examples, to improve the contribution of IPCC Working Group I to informing climate risk assessments.

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